1.   The deal came under fierce criticism from other American airlines.

2.   The deal comes with free valuation, no arrangement fee or extended redemption penalties.

3.   The first of the debt-reduction deals came before the Brady plan was announced and, indeed, paved the way for it.

4.   If a deal came along obviously would consider it.

5.   But if a deal comes along then obviously I would consider it.

6.   That deal came about when Stark, a long-time family friend, won through to the British team.

7.   And how did this deal come together?

8.   And most suspicious real estate deals only come to light in the course of federal investigations focused on other crimes.

9.   Another unanswered question was whether the company officers knew this deal was coming when they purchased their new shares.

10.   As these things go, the deal came together quickly, especially with so many question marks hanging over Enron.